ET General Sessions

The General Sessions include presentations and elements you will want to see to make the most of your ET Seminar experience. The Best Papers presentations are divided between the Opening and Closing General Sessions, so be sure to make plans to attend to hear the best of the best papers presented at ET!

Also featured are the presentation of awards, including the Best Paper Awards, Maurice H. Roberts Award of Excellence, and more.

Awards & Announcements

ET '24 Best Paper Awards
The Best of Track and Best Overall paper award winners typically are announced at the Opening General Session. Award-winning authors will be presented with awards to recognize their significant achievements.

Chairman's Award
The ET Chairman's award is given to an individual or company who has made a valuable and significant impact on the ET Seminar Program. In 2024, the Chairman's Award was bestowed upon Robert M. Peacock, Almag Aluminum Inc.

Maurice H. Roberts Award of Excellence
The Maurice H. Roberts Award of Excellence is the highest honor the ET Seminar Committee can bestow and whose namesake was a founder of the ET Seminar and the recipient of the first award in 1984. Past Recipients include:

  • Robert I. Werner, Werner Co. (1988)
  • Roy Fellom, Fellom Publishing (1992)
  • Ivar Hafsett, Norsk Hydro (1996)
  • Donn Sanford, AEC (2000)
  • James Sanderson, Kaiser Aluminum (2012)
  • Craig Werner, Kaiser Aluminum (2016)
  • Dr. Christopher Jowett, Rio Tinto (2022)
  • Dr. Richard F. Dickson, CASTOOL Tooling Systems (2024)